AT 5:00 AM DST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 52.7° WESTOR ABOUT 685 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH (19 KM/H), AND A WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH (75 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.